Transforming Rehabilitation
Information for East Sussex
Partnerships
January 2014
Mary D’Arcy
Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust
Local Delivery Unit Director
East Sussex
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Transforming Rehabilitation
• MoJ conducted a national consultation process in February and
March 2013, response to consultation and final proposals published
in May 2013 available on the MoJ website
Key areas of reform include:
• The creation of a new public sector National Probation Service
(NPS)
• The creation of 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC)
• Extension of statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the
community to all 50,000 ‘through the prison gate’ cases sentenced
to less than 12 months in custody
• Opening up the market to a diverse range of new rehabilitation
providers
• The introduction of new payment incentives for market providers to
focus on reforming offenders (PBR).
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National Probation Service
(NPS)
Responsible for:
• Offender Assessment
• Statutory Victim Contact Scheme
• Approved premises for High risk cases
• Services to Courts and the Parole Board
– Including assessment
– Breach process
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Management of High Risk of Harm and Multi-Agency Public Protection
Arrangement (MAPPA) cases
– Approximately 30% of current probation trust caseload
– Supporting ‘escalation process’ for those managed by CRCs
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Enforcement
– Recall to custody
– Breach through courts
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Community Rehabilitation Company
(Kent, Surrey, Sussex CRC)
Key Responsibilities:• Offender Management
– High risk of reoffending
• Integrated Offender Management
– Low - Medium Risk of Harm
• Community Payback
• Interventions
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Programmes
specified activities
Alcohol Treatment Requirements
Drug Treatment Requirements
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Statutory Obligations and
Partnerships
• NPS and CRC will both have statutory obligations under
Safeguarding legislation – both will be expected to
identify representatives for the LSCB
• NPS and CRC will both have statutory obligations for
CSPs, however CRCs likely to take a lead. Local and
ongoing discussion will determine this further.
• YOT – staff seconded to Youth Offending Teams will be
auto assigned to the NPS. NPS will lead on Strategic
Management and oversight
• Transition of YOT cases will be to NPS or CRC
dependent on risk
• Non- Statutory partnership arrangements to be reviewed
and plan agreed in February 2014
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OPERATING MODEL: NPS &CRCs
Impact and Next Steps
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Leadership appointments for NPS and CRCs finalised
January – April 2014: Staff allocated to NPS or CRC – CRC and NPS start
up processes put in place.
• April – October 2014: delivery of services will be revised to reflect the split
into NPS/CRC – however both organisations remain in public ownership
• Aims – to ensure minimal disruption to local delivery – all core services
currently delivered will continue.
• Existing contracts will Novate either to the NPS or CRC, contracts due to
expire in March 2014 will be reviewed and if required be extended into
2014-15
• October 2014 – Share Sale - Implementation of new provider arrangements
• New providers may develop sub-contracting arrangements in their area.
• Key to the process is the interface between CRC providers and NPS as well
as external partners.
Ongoing
• Local dialogue on transition, internal structures and external relationships
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Competition Timeline
• PQQ phase complete – 30 bidders
through (nationally) for 21 prime contracts
• Local ‘Competition Managers’ appointed
and likely to run local stakeholder events
in 2014
• Competitive Dialogue process during 2014
– successful bidders announced October
2014
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Questions?
Mary.D’Arcy@SSPT.PROBATION.GSI.GOV.UK
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